| 1:1 |
Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amit′taiAmittai saying |
| 1:2 |
Arise go to Nin′evehNineveh that great city and crycall out against it; for their wickednessevil has come up before me |
| 1:3 |
But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; soSo he paid the fare and went ondown boardinto it to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord |
| 1:5 |
Then the mariners were afraid and each cried out to his god; andAnd they threwhurled the warescargo that werewas in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep |
| 1:6 |
So the captain came and said to him What do you mean you sleeper Arise call uponout to your god Perhaps the god will give a thought to us that we domay not perish |
| 1:7 |
And they said to one another Come let us cast lots that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us So they cast lots and the lot fell uponon Jonah |
| 1:8 |
Then they said to him Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us What is your occupation And whencewhere do you come from What is your country And of what people are you |
| 1:9 |
And he said to them I am a Hebrew; and I fear the Lord the God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land |
| 1:12 |
He said to them TakePick me up and throwhurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you; for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you |
| 1:13 |
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bringget the ship back to dry land but they could not for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them |
| 1:14 |
Therefore they criedcalled out to the Lord We beseech thee O Lord let us not perish for this mans life and lay not on us innocent blood; for thouyou O Lord hasthave done as it pleased thee you |
| 1:15 |
So they tookpicked up Jonah and threwhurled him into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging |
| 1:17 |
And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah; andAnd Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights |
| 2:2 |
saying I called out to the Lord out of my distress and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried and thouyou didstheard hear my voice |
| 2:3 |
For thouyou didst cast me into the deep into the heart of the seas and the flood wassurrounded round about me; all thyyour waves and thyyour billows passed over me |
| 2:4 |
Then I said I am castdriven outaway from thyyour presencesight; howyet I shall I again look upon thyyour holy temple |
| 2:5 |
The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep wassurrounded round about me; weeds were wrapped about my head |
| 2:6 |
at the roots of the mountains I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for everforever; yet thouyou didstbrought bring up my life from the Pitpit O Lord my God |
| 2:7 |
When my soullife faintedwas withinfainting meaway I remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to theeyou into thyyour holy temple |
| 2:8 |
Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their truehope loyaltyof steadfast love |
| 2:9 |
But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to theeyou; what I have vowed I will pay DeliveranceSalvation belongs to the Lord |
| 2:10 |
And the Lord spoke to the fish and it vomited Jonah out Jonah upon the dry land |
| 3:2 |
Arise go to Nin′evehNineveh that great city and proclaimcall toout against it the message that I tell you |
| 3:3 |
So Jonah arose and went to Nin′evehNineveh according to the word of the Lord Now Nin′evehNineveh was an exceedingly great city three days journey in breadth |
| 3:4 |
Jonah began to go into the city going a days journey And he criedcalled out Yet forty days and Nin′evehNineveh shall be overthrown |
| 3:5 |
And the people of Nin′evehNineveh believed God; theyThey proclaimedcalled for a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest of them to the least of them |
| 3:6 |
ThenThe tidingsword reached the king of Nin′evehNineveh and he arose from his throne removed his robe and covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes |
| 3:7 |
And he madeissued a proclamation and published through Nin′evehNineveh By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast herd nor flock taste anything; letLet them not feed or drink water |
| 3:8 |
but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth and let them crycall out mightily to God; yeaLet leteveryone every one turn from his evil way and from the violence whichthat is in his hands |
| 3:9 |
Who knows God may yetturn repentand relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we perishmay not perish |
| 3:10 |
When God saw what they did how they turned from their evil way God repentedrelented of the evildisaster whichthat he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it |
| 4:2 |
And he prayed to the Lord and said IO pray thee Lord is not this what I said when I was yet in my country That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thouyou artare a gracious God and merciful slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and repentestrelenting offrom evil disaster |
| 4:3 |
Therefore now O Lord please take my life from me I beseech thee for it is better for me to die than to live |
| 4:5 |
Then Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there He sat under it in the shade till he should see what would become of the city |
| 4:6 |
AndNow the Lord God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah that it might be a shade over his head to save him from his discomfort So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant |
| 4:7 |
But when dawn came up the next day God appointed a worm whichthat attacked the plant so that it withered |
| 4:8 |
When the sun rose God appointed a sultryscorching east wind and the sun beat upondown on the head of Jonah so that he was faint; andAnd he asked that he might die and said It is better for me to die than to live |
| 4:9 |
But God said to Jonah Do you do well to be angry for the plant And he said Yes I do well to be angry angry enough to die |
| 4:11 |
And should not I pity Nin′evehNineveh that great city in which there are more than a120000 hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left and also much cattle |